Sertraline in adults with pervasive developmental disorders: A prospective open-label investigation

Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 62-66

  Mcdougle, Christopher J ^a,e   Brodkin, Edward S ^b   Naylor, Susan T ^b   Carlson, Derek C ^b   Cohen, Donald J ^b,c   Price, Lawrence H ^d  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e RILEY HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAL HYDRATE; SERTRALINE;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; AGITATION; ALOPECIA; ANOREXIA; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDATION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TINNITUS; WEIGHT GAIN;

1-NAPHTHYLAMINE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; SERTRALINE;

EID: 0031963141     PISSN: 02710749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004714-199802000-00010     Document Type: Article

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